Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha

Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha (1888-28 December 1948) was Prime Minister of Egypt from 26 February 1945 to 17 February 1946, succeeding Ahmad Mahir Pasha and preceding Ismail Sedki Pasha, and from 9 December 1946 to 28 December 1948, succeeding Ismail Sedki Pasha and preceding Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha.

Biography
Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha was born in 1888 in Egypt, and he was a member of the liberal Saadist Institutional Party as well as being a secret member of the Wafd Party, a major nationalist party. From 1945 to 1946 and 1946 to 1948 he served as Prime Minister under Farouk of Egypt, and he feared the Muslim Brotherhood's growth, so in December 1948 he banned the movement after fearing that Hassan al-Banna would lead a coup. As a result, on 28 December 1948 Pasha was shot twice by a veterinary student in the Ministry of the Interior building and died from the gunshot wounds; in February 1949, Banna would be killed in retribution.